Candelero Arriba
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Barrio
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3 March 2007 eclipse as seen from Candelero Arriba
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Location of Candelero Arriba within the municipality of Humacao shown in red
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Location of Puerto Rico | |
Coordinates: 18°06′20″N 65°50′03″W / 18.105574°N 65.834043°W / 18.105574; -65.834043[1] | |
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Area | |
• Total | 1.47 sq mi (3.8 km2) |
• Land | 1.47 sq mi (3.8 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Elevation | 420 ft (130 m) |
Population
(2010)
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• Total | 3,596 |
• Density | 2,463/sq mi (951/km2) |
Source: 2010 Census | |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
ZIP Code |
00791
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Candelero Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Humacao, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,596.[3][4][5]
Candelero Arriba was in Spain's gazetteers[6] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Candelero Arriba barrio was 811.[7]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1900 | 811 | — | |
1910 | 889 | 9.6% | |
1920 | 1,128 | 26.9% | |
1930 | 1,080 | −4.3% | |
1940 | 1,347 | 24.7% | |
1950 | 2,023 | 50.2% | |
1960 | 2,227 | 10.1% | |
1970 | 2,364 | 6.2% | |
1980 | 2,951 | 24.8% | |
1990 | 3,443 | 16.7% | |
2000 | 3,747 | 8.8% | |
2010 | 3,596 | −4.0% | |
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12] |
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